Summer is here: what's to do?

Now there is little chance of frost, get that riot of colour in your garden by planting bedding plants

Summer prune the Grape vine; only allow one shoot per node.

Thin out the growing peaches by allowing only one peach per 15 cms of shoot length

Keep a careful eye on apricot and peach trees for scale insects. Paint them with methylated spirits to avoid using dangerous insecticides.

Locally grown bedding plants available on the Lewis & Harris Horticultural producers Stall every Saturday morning. See their web site stornowayfarmersmarket.co.uk   Contact us for details

Slug problem? Try Siar glass, sand grade, slugs hate it and it lasts years.

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We have 50 free range hens, call for extra fresh eggs

We grow Tomatoes & other salad crops, Grapes, Peaches, Apricots

and some strawberries and Grapes!

on the Isle of Lewis

We sell most of our produce,

 at the (Crofters & farmers market) Stornoway

(see new web via links page)

L.H.H.P. Market stall  Saturday Mornings, 17th May to December, 9.00 a.m.  Point Street, Stornoway

very fresh vegetables and really fresh fruit

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We are at

Riverview House, South Dell, Isle of Lewis, U.K.

e mail    thepolycroft@aol.com  (Just click on this address

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